Heart Attack with Normal Epicardial Coronary Arteries

Revisit the causes of myocardial ischaemia in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease and the current guidelines for chest pain. 

This is a RACGP CPD module with an allocated 1 hour of Education Activities (EA) and 1 hour of Reflective Practice (RP) under the RACGP 2023-25 CPD program.

Learning Objectives:

1. Review causes of myocardial ischaemia that can occur in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease.
2. Discuss limitations of only assessing epicardial coronary arteries in the assessment of chest pain syndromes / ischaemic heart disease
3. Review current guideline recommendations for the evaluation of chest pain syndromes, including the role of invasive assessment of coronary vasomotor disorders and coronary microvascular dysfunction

This activity is presented by Dr Athula Gunasekara, an Interventional Cardiologist at the Norwest Private Hospital.

This presentation was recorded in April 2024.

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